Flood Risk Assessments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 April 2015

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Questions (194)

Michael Ring

Question:

194. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works when a final report will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo following the site visit by engineers to inspect the flooding potential to that person's home and road as a result of the closing of an Office of Public Works drain; the redress the home owner has if this property and road floods as a result of this drain closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14702/15]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Deputy Simon Harris)

I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the closing of a section of drain has not affected the summer drainage of lands belonging to the landowner mentioned in this question, as these lands were not included as benefitting land in the Corrib Mask Drainage Scheme and a visit by an OPW engineer confirmed this fact. In this particular case the only drainage outfall is a swallow hole which provides only summer drainage.

The Office of Public Works has no record of flooding on the landowner's property or driveway dating back to February 1990 but any evidence from the landowner showing evidence of flooding to the property would be included on the Flood Maps Information database.